An Armada shipwreck – La Trinidad Valencera narrates the story of La Trinidad Valencera, one of the largest ships in the Armada Fleet. In 1588 it foundered in Kinnagoe Bay in Co. Donegal during a violent storm and was ...

This gallery has been designed to introduce younger visitors to Ancient Egypt. Displays cover those topics usually taught at school such as food and farming, building, writing and beliefs. Labelling has been designed to ...

The gallery tells the story of the fascinating period between the withdrawal of the Romans in 410AD and the 1066 Norman Conquest. Dangerous and turbulent, this was also the time when many aspects of modern day English...

The Battle of Cambrai (November 1917, WW1) was an important landmark in the use of tanks. It was the first military offensive where British Army commanders had deployed them in large numbers. To mark the centenary of...

Grab a booth in the BFI Mediatheque and discover the best, rarest and most extraordinary films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive. Simply log on at a viewing station and choose from over 2,500 highlights...

The Forces Philatelic Bureau is producing a special commemorative cover to mark the Declaration of War 4ᵗʰ August 1914. The cover with a single stamp uses an image of a contemporary newspaper headline "Great Britain...

The Forces Philatelic Bureau is producing a special commemorative cover to coincide with the 'The Great War' issue of stamps from Royal Mail on 28th July. The cover with a single stamp highlights the role played by the...

The Forces Philatelic Bureau is producing a special first day cover to coincide with the 'The Great War' issue of stamps from Royal Mail on 28th July. The 'Letter from Home' first day cover includes the set of six...

Tanks were first used in Battle on the 15 September 1916 at Flers-Courcelette on the Somme. Although this initial foray was not regarded as an outright success, the tank, during the next 100 years, went on to become one ...

The Battle of the Somme was fought by the armies of Britain and France against the German Empire. The action took place on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France between 1 July and 18 November...

Royal Mail will be issuing its next selection of World War 1 stamps on 21June 2016. The ongoing themes of Poppies, Poetry, War Art, Memorials and Artifacts form a beautiful and poignant collection that serves as a...

The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres was fought between Allied Forces and German troops in some of the worst conditions WWI ever saw. It was even referred to as the "Battle of Mud" due to ...

Explore the development, significance and cultural impact of one of the most influential inventions of the 20th century: television. Why do we have adverts on TV, and how much are we influenced by what we see? Explore...

The everyday and unusual objects from these fields of study and practice forms a permanent collection based at the Riverside Campus in Chester city centre and this is now complemented by a new exhibition: The First...

University of Chester Riverside Museum
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4 October 2011 — 9 December 2024

Eleven years after the first powered flight, aviation emerged as a force capable of changing the face of battle. In 1914 the Royal Flying Corps numbered just 1,500 people. By 1918, when the Royal Air Force was created,...